#6CB5E9#6CB5E9

#6CB5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.105 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CB5E9
RGB	rgb(108, 181, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -8.36, -32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 34.00, 255.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0508 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.105 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4108, 42.1159, 83.2327)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CB5E9 #E9A06C

analogous

#6CE9DE #6CB5E9 #6C77E9

triadic

#6CB5E9 #E96CB5 #B5E96C

tetradic

#6CB5E9 #DE6CE9 #E9A06C #77E96C

square

#6CB5E9 #DE6CE9 #E9A06C #77E96C

split-complementary

#6CB5E9 #E96C77 #E9DE6C

monochromatic

#1C7BBE #379AE1 #6CB5E9 #A1D0F1 #D6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#6CB5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#6CB5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CB5E9

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CB5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CB5E9	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6cb5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 181, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.105 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecbf0',
    500: '#6cb5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6cb5e9;
$custom-light: #9ecbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6cb5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.96,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74578,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CB5E9

secondary

#ECD5C4

accent

#620FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CB5E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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